Designer fashion label Michael Kors launched a two-week contest on Instagram back in August, asking users to share pictures of their favorite Michael Kors watch with the hashtag #MKTimeless. The contest created a huge upswing in the brand’s Instagram follower numbers, generated thousands of user photos, and led to increased engagement on Facebook. Read →
University of Pennsylvania grad student and blogger Lindsay Rule recently hitchhiked across the US using only social media and online networks, as part of a partnership between Architizer and Audi’s Urban Future Initiative. Read →
Lexus is using social media to link the new “Unleash the LFA” campaign – promoting a high-end model through a Facebook contest – with the brand’s end-of-summer sale event. Lexus hopes that the contest will drive attention not only to the LFA model, but also to the brand’s Golden Opportunity Sales Event in August, where customers can find more “obtainable” luxury vehicles. Read →
Burberry, a “digital darling” among luxury brands, recently launched its Autumn/Winter 2012 collection across 10 different social platforms, according to L2. The digital campaign is reaching beyond Burberry’s website to Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, and four Chinese social sites: Sina Weibo (a Twitter-like microblogging site), Douban (content site), Youku (video) and Kaixin001 (social). Read →










